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Today we visited St Lenords Farm in Shipley, Yorkshire! Me and Daisy arrived at nursery at 8:45am with our packed lunch and rain coats it was pouring it down!!

I stood with Sarah and Charlotte while Daisy sat with their daughters Maisie and Maddison on the carpet. The teacher called the register and we waited until everyone had arrived which was thirty minutes later clearly some people believe the world revolves around them! When we got on the coach Daisy and Maisie sat alongside one another and Maddison infront. They are such good friends it lovely to see them! The journey was about forty-five minutes and the girls chatted all the way.

When we arrived we walked up the road to the farm. We visited the farm last year and had such a lovely time. We dropped our lunch off in a school room and went into the indoor barn for our animal talk. Farmer James gave the talk! He was appropriate for the children but had the humour in his speak for the adults too! He passed around various animals for us to hold and touch. I’m not a fan of animals so I opted not to touch but Daisy loved it! She stroked a lamb, kid, chick, ferret, chinchilla and hen! It was lovely to have a hand on experience as I’ve not been to anywhere around Leeds that offers this kind of experience before.

After the talk we all went over to the hay bales, the kids loved it! Running around jumping off and climbing back up to the top! It’s lovely to watch them have such fun on something so simple as hay!

Next stop was the indoor play area, which is suitable for adults too!! They have two big slides, the first is a bumpy slide which requires a mat and the second is a child friendly death drop style slide. Daisy wasn’t a fan of this one but did go on it once. The play area includes a ball pit, smaller slide and climb, firemans pole and the usual indoor soft play obstacles. I did love the one here though as I could stand at all aspects where as usually I have to bend down to fit. I enjoyed a cup of tea and a chat with the other mums whilst Daisy continued to play.

Dinner time couldn’t come soon enough! I was so hungry it was unreal! Tuna pasta for me and sandwich for Daisy! I love a packed lunch somehow it always seems a little better eaten out of plastic Tupperware. Crisps and chocolate for afters.

We then went to feed the animals! Goats, sheep, donkeys and chickens! Daisy wasn’t very good at feeding them she kept curling her fingers up and didn’t fully get that she needed to keep her hand flat. We had a lovely walk around looking at the animals and then they went back to play on the hay. I sneaked off with Daisy to take a picture in the same spot as last year so I could capture a one year difference. It’s scary how much she has changed in just one year!

At around 2:20pm we headed back to the coach for our trip home.

Daisy had such an amazing day! She loved playing with her friends and being around the animals.
Www.stleonardsfarm.com/